UMBF vs. RF, KEY, EWBC, FHN, WBS, WAL, PNFP, CFR, WTFC, and ZION
Should you be buying UMB Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of UMB Financial include Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), Webster Financial (WBS), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), and Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
UMB Financial vs.
Regions Financial (NYSE:RF) and UMB Financial (NASDAQ:UMBF) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability and risk.
79.4% of Regions Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of UMB Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Regions Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of UMB Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, UMB Financial had 6 more articles in the media than Regions Financial. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for UMB Financial and 7 mentions for Regions Financial. UMB Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Regions Financial's score of 0.59 indicating that UMB Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Regions Financial received 663 more outperform votes than UMB Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.81% of users gave Regions Financial an outperform vote while only 46.64% of users gave UMB Financial an outperform vote.
Regions Financial has higher revenue and earnings than UMB Financial. Regions Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UMB Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Regions Financial presently has a consensus target price of $27.67, indicating a potential upside of 15.23%. UMB Financial has a consensus target price of $124.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.06%. Given Regions Financial's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Regions Financial is more favorable than UMB Financial.
Regions Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. UMB Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Regions Financial pays out 56.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. UMB Financial pays out 20.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Regions Financial has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years and UMB Financial has raised its dividend for 32 consecutive years.
Regions Financial has a net margin of 18.78% compared to UMB Financial's net margin of 14.44%. UMB Financial's return on equity of 13.80% beat Regions Financial's return on equity.
Regions Financial has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UMB Financial has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
UMB Financial beats Regions Financial on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:UMBF) was last updated on 1/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
